Experiencing the artwork of Meta Warrick Fuller. William H. Johnson. and Aaron Douglas
Objectives:
1. To visually observe and appreciate the art of Aaron Douglas.
2. To understand and interpret the political and social message in Aaron Douglas' work.
Materials:
Books:
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Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, Harry Abrams, Inc. 1987.
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Color plates:
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Color plate #31 Aaron Douglas. Study for God's Trombones, 1926 (Tempera on board, 21 1/2x 171/2)
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Color plate #32 Aaron Douglas. The Crucifixion, 1927 (Oil on board, 48x36)
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Color plate #35 Aaron Douglas. The Creation, 1935 (Oil on Masonite, 48x36)
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Color plate #2 Meta Warrick Fuller. Ethiopia Awakening, 1914 (Bronze, 67x16x20")
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Color plate #4 Meta Warrick Fuller. Mother and Child, 19 14-20 (Bronze, 5 1/2x4x4)
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Color plate # 3 Meta Warrick Fuller. Mary Turner (A Silent Protest Against Mob Violence) 1919 (Painted plaster, 15x5x4")
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Color plate #11 Palmer Hayden. Jeunesse, 1927 (Watercolor on paper, 14x17")
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Color plate #12 Palmer Hayden. Nous Quatre A Paris. 1930 (Watercolor on paper, 21x18")
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Color plate #13 Palmer Hayden. The Janitor Who Paints, 1939-1940 (Oil on canvas 39x3 3".)
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Color plate #46 Palmer Hayden. 56th Street, 1953 (Watercolor on paper, 23x17)
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Color plate #45 Palmer Hayden. The Subway, 1930 (Oil on canvas, 31 x26)
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Color plate #49 William H. Johnson. Mount Calvary, 1939 (Oil on canvas, 27x38)
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Color plate #52 William H. Johnson. Café, 1939-1940 (Oil on board, 36x28)
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Color plate #53 William H. Johnson. Chain Gang, 1939-1940 (Oil on board, 45x38)
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Instruction:
1. The teacher will give a brief history of the about four prominent artists during the Harlem Renaissance and how black art history had an influence on the political and social statements being made in their art in Harlem during the 1920's through 1940's.
2. The teacher will show students the color plate slides of the illustrations of these four prominent artists from the resource Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America.
3. The teacher will allow time for the students to view the color plates individually and express their immediate reactions.
4. Students will take an inventory of the things that are visible in the illustrations and begin to formulate a written paragraph of what they believe the illustration is trying to convey.
5. Students will be asked to discuss what they are feel are the political and social statements in the illustrations.
6. Students will then be asked to compare in all of the illustrations the political and social statements that are made by Meta Fuller, Palmer Hayden, William H. Johnson and Aaron Douglas with the ones that are in existence today in their own communities.
7. Students will be asked to make a formal analysis of each illustration and record it in a written paragraph.